Thanks Eric and Carl for clarifications.
It's nice to know noise is becoming less of an issue. One of the proposed
reasons shorebirds flush from aircraft is also silhouette, but if your
observations show they aren't so nervous around smaller, quieter model
copters that's great! I can certainly see the potential applications for
shorebirds, and perhaps also for raptor nesting?
Cheers,
Chris
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Carl Clifford <>wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> It will be interesting to watch developments in "stealthing" technology. I
> know that there are some in the higher end of the market, which have very
> low noise levels. At $5-10K a pop, they are probably out of range for the
> average birder. Apple is offering a camera equipped quadricopter for AUD
> 350, so prices are dropping. An interesting space to watch.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> On 16/10/2012, at 12:36 PM, Chris Sanderson <>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> No direct experience, but I know from disturbance monitoring for
> shorebirds that I've done in the past that shorebirds hate helicopters.
> Pretty sure even a "toy" one woud cause large amounts of disturbance. Also
> I've been told that bird strikes on remote control aircraft can be fatal to
> birds like eagles, so it's possibly also dangerous for the birds. These
> are gut reactions though, not based on any actual observations of this tech
> in use.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Carl Clifford
> <>wrote:
>
>> Dear B-A,
>>
>> Has anyone on the list had any experience using camera equipped
>> quadricopter style drones for birding? They seem to have the potential to
>> be a useful tool for observing waders and the like.
>>
>> I would be interested in hearing of anyones experiences.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Carl Clifford
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